Invalidity · first instance · 2023-02-08
000118197
Contested design: 008699631-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0086996310001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jialin Fangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 606, Building 6, Lianyiyuan, Donghu Road, Xinxingxingdong Community, Rongcheng District, Jieyang, Guangdong, China
Holder · RCD owner
Yong Changvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Chenzhuang East Group, Yingliu Village, Banqiao Town, Yicheng District, Zhumadian City (Henan province), China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
ADEKEKM Chair Leg Caps
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B08YDCTCJP · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-06-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based mainly on an earlier Amazon.de disclosure of chair leg caps before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the web disclosure concerned transparent caps, fell within the Article 7(2) grace period, was not reasonably knowable in the EU, and that technical constraints and a crowded design corpus supported a different impression.
- ›The Division found the Amazon listing sufficiently proved disclosure before filing, rejected the grace-period defence for lack of evidence linking the seller to the holder, and found no proven market saturation limiting the comparison.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division held their shared cup shape, brown body, bottom holes and cork-like pad outweighed minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberAlfonso CID GONZALEZ
Decision files
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